Den of Thieves

An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Department crosses paths with the state’s most successful heist crew. There are plenty of twists, and writer-director Gudegast makes a reasonable job of the robbery and shoot-out, but it’s too clearly in thrall to Michael Mann’s Heat, and Butler is no Pacino.

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Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber front a Heat-style crime saga that just about passes muster

Gerard Butler is no Al Pacino. Nor is Den of Thieves the modern-day answer to Heat, as much as it would like to be. This LA-set thriller is clearly in thrall to Michael Mann's epic crime saga and boasts no shortage of gun-play and macho swagger. What it…